Interestingly, these two points resonated with me. Since we moved to an open plan, my productivity plummeted. I find myself coming in late and staying later ju

Interestingly, these two points resonated with me. Since we moved to an open plan, my productivity plummeted. I find myself coming in late and staying later just to get stuff done. After 6, when half of the people left, it's much easier to concentrate. Noise cancelling headphones help somewhat, but you can only listen to music so much, and it doesn't help that IT blocked Pandora, so I run out of music to listen to without getting crazy. RE: the dishwasher, this has been a sore point too and discussed ad nauseum, culminating in the CFO (!) sending a page long email on how to use the dishwasher: http://i.imgur.com/nujKULZ.png http://i.imgur.com/nujKULZ.png